Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vai Photonics Pty Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, which prevents an individual from controlling the entire pending portfolio. This distribution means the company must engage with different perspectives during the examination process, even though the total volume is limited to the matters.
The actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical focus despite the involvement of multiple examiners. RICHTER, KARA MARIE is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there are multiple examiners for the actions, each is responsible for a case. Operating within the 1 distinct art unit while managing the pending office actions allows for technical consistency in the prosecution environment, as the examiners are likely working under the same supervisory guidelines.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHTER, KARA MARIE | 1 | 54.5% | +32.9% |
| VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 1 | 9.5% | +7.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17788664 | LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 70d |
| 18575614 | A LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575614 | A LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18575614 | A LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 17788664 | LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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